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Electric fields near Earth’s surface are stronger than expected
Spiders use physics, not chemistry, to cut silk in their webs
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Semiconductor pioneer Richard Friend bags 2024 Isaac Newton Medal and Prize
Friend won for his work on the fundamental electronic properties of molecular semiconductors and in their engineering development
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MRI-linac keeps track of brain tumour changes during radiotherapy
Daily MR imaging could enable treatment adaptation to glioblastoma growth or shrinkage during radiotherapy
Aluminium oxide reveals its surface secrets
New non-contact atomic force microscopy images shed more light on the "enigmatic insulator" aluminium oxide
Enigmatic particle might be a molecular pentaquark
Decay rate of exotic hadron suggests it comprises five quarks
Heart-on-a-chip reveals impact of spaceflight on cardiac health
A heart-on-a-chip platform sent to the International Space Station reveals how 30 days in space alters heart muscle cells
Silk-on-graphene films line up for next-generation bioelectronics
Researchers have grown a uniform two-dimensional layer of silk protein fragments on a van der Waals substrate for the first time
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Device might be employed in applications such as autonomous vehicles, drones and surveillance systems
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Passing the torch: The “QuanTour” light source marks the International Year of Quantum
Katherine Skipper visits the Cavendish laboratory in Cambridge to catch a quantum light source that’s touring Europe for the International Year of Quantum
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Operando NMR methods for redox flow batteries and ammonia synthesis
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Patient-specific quality assurance (PSQA) based on independent 3D dose calculation
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Top-cited authors from China discuss the importance of citation metrics
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Unlocking the future of materials science with magnetic microscopy
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Read article: Pioneers of AI-based protein-structure prediction share 2024 chemistry Nobel prize
Pioneers of AI-based protein-structure prediction share 2024 chemistry Nobel prize
Protein designer is also honoured in this year’s award
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Pele’s hair-raising physics: glassy gifts from a volcano goddess
Volcanic hairs and tears reveal a wealth of information about what lies within lava
Read article: John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton share the 2024 Nobel Prize for Physics
John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton share the 2024 Nobel Prize for Physics
Duo win for their work on machine learning
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Roger Penrose: the Nobel laureate with a preference for transparencies over slideshows
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How to rotate your mattress like a physics Nobel prizewinner
A tongue-in-cheek e-mail exchange with 1973 Nobel Prize winner Brian Josephson shows that for some laureates, scientific rigour extends to ordinary life, too
Read article: European Space Agency launches Hera mission to investigate asteroid ‘crash-scene’
European Space Agency launches Hera mission to investigate asteroid ‘crash-scene’
Hera will perform a close-up examination of a 2022 impact on Dimorphos by NASA's DART mission
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Use our infographic to predict this year’s Nobel prize winners
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Read article: To boost battery recycling, keep a close eye on the data
To boost battery recycling, keep a close eye on the data
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Read article: Study finds preschool children form ‘social droplets’ when moving around the classroom
Study finds preschool children form ‘social droplets’ when moving around the classroom
The movement of preschool children results in two distinct phases, find study
Read article: ‘Sometimes nature will surprise us.’ Juan Pedro Ochoa-Ricoux on eureka moments and the future of neutrino physics
‘Sometimes nature will surprise us.’ Juan Pedro Ochoa-Ricoux on eureka moments and the future of neutrino physics
Particle physicist Juan Pedro Ochoa-Ricoux talks about how the next generation of neutrino experiments will test the boundaries of the Standard Model
Read article: Gender gap in physics entrenched by biased collaboration networks, study finds
Gender gap in physics entrenched by biased collaboration networks, study finds
Interventions to integrate young female physicists into established networks could help tackle underrepresentation
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